Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 81 79
Rank change year-on-year -16 -2 -26
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 2,121 1,702 2,204
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.82% 3.48% 2.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 3.92% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,428 807 1,304
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £43,224
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% +11.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £93,634 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £69,305 £68,525 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.14% +9.64% -7.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,252 43,434 61,296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.06% 88.68% 81.27%
Number of salaries quoted 58,899 24,470 34,327
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 23 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 23 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -27 1,828 £75,000 +0.67% 1,754
UK excluding London -25 1,161 £69,305 +1.14% 946
Work from Home -21 864 £68,368 -2.33% 872
London -17 802 £85,000 +6.25% 1,029
North of England -49 373 £75,000 +7.14% 305
South East +43 328 £65,000 -7.14% 189
North West -59 203 £80,000 +14.29% 162
South West -9 143 £65,000 +8.33% 103
Midlands -68 106 £75,000 +7.14% 103
North East +9 91 £65,000 +49.86% 57
Yorkshire +4 79 £71,466 +2.09% 88
West Midlands -36 78 £80,000 +14.29% 69
Northern Ireland -25 71 £60,000 +33.33% 60
Wales -24 68 £60,000 +15.38% 24
East of England -53 40 £60,100 -3.84% 60
Scotland -47 36 £60,000 -22.58% 107
East Midlands -61 28 £65,000 - 34
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 44 (2.07%) Confluence
2 30 (1.41%) Apache Spark
3 20 (0.94%) Apache
4 16 (0.75%) CMS
5 13 (0.61%) Camunda
6 11 (0.52%) IIS
7 10 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.42%) OpenStack
9 8 (0.38%) nginx
10 7 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
10 7 (0.33%) JBoss
10 7 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 7 (0.33%) WordPress
11 5 (0.24%) Drupal
12 4 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
12 4 (0.19%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.14%) DNN
13 3 (0.14%) EPiServer
13 3 (0.14%) Immediacy CMS
13 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (0.52%) MS Visio
2 10 (0.47%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.094%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.094%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.047%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (0.24%) Oracle Retail
3 4 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.094%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.047%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.047%) Eikon
5 1 (0.047%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.047%) RMDS
5 1 (0.047%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,092 (51.49%) AWS
2 898 (42.34%) Azure
3 336 (15.84%) GCP
4 280 (13.20%) GitHub
5 272 (12.82%) Serverless
6 203 (9.57%) SaaS
7 186 (8.77%) Azure DevOps
8 154 (7.26%) AWS Lambda
9 135 (6.36%) Amazon EKS
10 125 (5.89%) Amazon S3
10 125 (5.89%) AWS CloudFormation
11 108 (5.09%) GitHub Copilot
12 96 (4.53%) Azure Service Bus
13 95 (4.48%) Amazon ECS
14 83 (3.91%) GitHub Actions
15 70 (3.30%) Amazon SQS
16 65 (3.06%) Amazon EC2
17 62 (2.92%) Azure AKS
18 51 (2.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 51 (2.40%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.13%) Broadband
2 23 (1.08%) Network Security
3 14 (0.66%) DMARC
3 14 (0.66%) DNS
4 12 (0.57%) MQTT
5 11 (0.52%) VPN
6 10 (0.47%) AMQP
6 10 (0.47%) HTTP
7 7 (0.33%) Internet
8 6 (0.28%) Hyperconnected
8 6 (0.28%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.24%) Firewall
9 5 (0.24%) RFID
10 3 (0.14%) LTE
10 3 (0.14%) NAS
10 3 (0.14%) SAN
10 3 (0.14%) SSL
11 2 (0.094%) DHCP
12 1 (0.047%) LAN
12 1 (0.047%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 318 (14.99%) MongoDB
2 237 (11.17%) PostgreSQL
3 207 (9.76%) NoSQL
4 166 (7.83%) Azure SQL Database
5 152 (7.17%) Elasticsearch
6 117 (5.52%) MySQL
7 108 (5.09%) SQL Server
8 96 (4.53%) Relational Database
9 71 (3.35%) Redis
10 60 (2.83%) DynamoDB
11 46 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
12 31 (1.46%) Big Data
13 20 (0.94%) Data Lake
14 16 (0.75%) Pinecone
15 15 (0.71%) RDBMS
16 12 (0.57%) Db2
16 12 (0.57%) DTS
17 9 (0.42%) Chroma
17 9 (0.42%) Metadata
18 8 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 303 (14.29%) Git
2 197 (9.29%) GitLab
3 168 (7.92%) Jenkins
4 72 (3.39%) TeamCity
5 66 (3.11%) JUnit
6 65 (3.06%) JIRA
7 58 (2.73%) Cucumber
8 41 (1.93%) Cypress.io
9 38 (1.79%) Mockito
10 37 (1.74%) Maven
11 33 (1.56%) Claude Code
12 30 (1.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 25 (1.18%) Selenium
14 17 (0.80%) SonarQube
14 17 (0.80%) Spock
15 15 (0.71%) JMeter
15 15 (0.71%) Postman
15 15 (0.71%) REST Assured
16 13 (0.61%) Vite
17 10 (0.47%) Bitbucket
General
1 545 (25.70%) Finance
2 437 (20.60%) Social Skills
3 241 (11.36%) Public Sector
4 211 (9.95%) Banking
5 169 (7.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 158 (7.45%) Law
7 146 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
8 135 (6.36%) Retail
9 90 (4.24%) Financial Institution
10 87 (4.10%) Legal
11 67 (3.16%) Back Office
12 60 (2.83%) Marketing
13 44 (2.07%) Aerospace
14 38 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
15 31 (1.46%) Games
16 28 (1.32%) Legal Technology
17 18 (0.85%) Front Office
18 17 (0.80%) Advertising
19 12 (0.57%) Aviation
20 11 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 769 (36.26%) Developer
2 510 (24.05%) Senior
3 383 (18.06%) Software Engineer
4 366 (17.26%) Lead
5 325 (15.32%) Architect
6 197 (9.29%) .NET Developer
7 193 (9.10%) Senior Developer
8 171 (8.06%) Full-Stack Developer
9 165 (7.78%) Java Developer
10 137 (6.46%) Java Engineer
11 128 (6.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 126 (5.94%) Senior Software Engineer
13 111 (5.23%) Solutions Architect
14 108 (5.09%) Principal Engineer
15 83 (3.91%) Lead Software Engineer
16 79 (3.72%) DevOps Engineer
17 76 (3.58%) Software Developer
18 70 (3.30%) Lead Developer
19 65 (3.06%) Technical Leader
20 61 (2.88%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 537 (25.32%) .NET
2 466 (21.97%) React
3 430 (20.27%) Node.js
4 409 (19.28%) Terraform
5 396 (18.67%) Spring
6 358 (16.88%) Spring Boot
7 320 (15.09%) RESTful
8 295 (13.91%) REST
9 291 (13.72%) Kafka
10 238 (11.22%) ASP.NET
11 231 (10.89%) AngularJS
12 219 (10.33%) .NET Core
13 210 (9.90%) Vue
14 193 (9.10%) ASP.NET Core
15 122 (5.75%) Blazor
16 103 (4.86%) ASP.NET Web API
17 93 (4.38%) HTML
18 89 (4.20%) CSS
19 88 (4.15%) RabbitMQ
20 87 (4.10%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 689 (32.48%) Cloud Native
2 399 (18.81%) Distributed Systems
3 170 (8.02%) Product Ownership
4 120 (5.66%) Enterprise Software
5 105 (4.95%) Legacy Systems
6 84 (3.96%) Onboarding
7 61 (2.88%) Public Cloud
8 56 (2.64%) AI Agents
9 52 (2.45%) Virtual Team
10 46 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
11 45 (2.12%) e-Learning
12 44 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
13 29 (1.37%) Distributed Architecture
14 25 (1.18%) Management Information System
15 23 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
16 20 (0.94%) Algorithms
16 20 (0.94%) Mainframe
16 20 (0.94%) Mobile App
16 20 (0.94%) Private Cloud
17 19 (0.90%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 149 (7.02%) Linux
2 48 (2.26%) Windows
3 32 (1.51%) CentOS
3 32 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (0.99%) Unix
5 10 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.38%) Android
6 8 (0.38%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.33%) Debian
7 7 (0.33%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.28%) AIX
9 4 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,154 (54.41%) CI/CD
2 1,020 (48.09%) Agile
3 768 (36.21%) Software Engineering
4 756 (35.64%) DevOps
5 580 (27.35%) Full-Stack Development
6 559 (26.36%) Mentoring
7 499 (23.53%) Event-Driven
8 468 (22.07%) AI
9 453 (21.36%) Test Automation
10 434 (20.46%) Infrastructure as Code
11 424 (19.99%) Continuous Improvement
12 408 (19.24%) Containerisation
13 383 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
14 328 (15.46%) Technical Leadership
15 309 (14.57%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 298 (14.05%) Scrum
17 256 (12.07%) Architectural Patterns
18 255 (12.02%) Observability
19 240 (11.32%) TDD
20 234 (11.03%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 769 (36.26%) Java
2 575 (27.11%) C#
3 511 (24.09%) SQL
4 459 (21.64%) JavaScript
5 431 (20.32%) Python
6 413 (19.47%) TypeScript
7 87 (4.10%) Go
8 58 (2.73%) Ruby
9 46 (2.17%) C++
10 35 (1.65%) Bash
11 33 (1.56%) PHP
12 28 (1.32%) Bicep
13 26 (1.23%) Kotlin
14 25 (1.18%) PowerShell
15 21 (0.99%) Rust
16 20 (0.94%) PL/SQL
16 20 (0.94%) Scala
17 17 (0.80%) Groovy
18 14 (0.66%) C
18 14 (0.66%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 348 (16.41%) Security Cleared
2 242 (11.41%) SC Cleared
3 170 (8.02%) Degree
4 101 (4.76%) DV Cleared
5 88 (4.15%) AWS Certification
6 83 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 59 (2.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 33 (1.56%) Azure Certification
8 33 (1.56%) CISSP
9 20 (0.94%) CISM
10 18 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
11 16 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
12 15 (0.71%) Master's Degree
13 10 (0.47%) MBA
14 8 (0.38%) DBS Check
15 6 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
15 6 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 6 (0.28%) PhD
16 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
17 4 (0.19%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 229 (10.80%) QA
2 96 (4.53%) Accessibility
3 38 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 37 (1.74%) WCAG
5 29 (1.37%) GDPR
6 21 (0.99%) NIST
7 19 (0.90%) Data Quality
8 18 (0.85%) NCSC
9 12 (0.57%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.52%) SOC 2
11 9 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (0.42%) GRC
11 9 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 8 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.38%) ISO 20022
13 6 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.24%) PSD2
14 5 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 4 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 3 (0.14%) IFRS
System Software
1 598 (28.19%) Docker
2 41 (1.93%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.47%) NDS
4 7 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.19%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.14%) KVM
8 1 (0.047%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.047%) Firmware
8 1 (0.047%) HDFS
8 1 (0.047%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 664 (31.31%) Kubernetes
2 116 (5.47%) Grafana
3 106 (5.00%) Ansible
4 51 (2.40%) Prometheus
5 28 (1.32%) Argo
5 28 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
6 21 (0.99%) Puppet
7 17 (0.80%) Kibana
8 10 (0.47%) Cilium
9 6 (0.28%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.24%) Podman
11 4 (0.19%) HP Fortify
11 4 (0.19%) Packer
12 3 (0.14%) Kubeflow
12 3 (0.14%) Rancher
13 2 (0.094%) Microsoft Intune
14 1 (0.047%) Cisco CUCM
14 1 (0.047%) Control-M
14 1 (0.047%) Fluentd
14 1 (0.047%) logstash
Vendors
1 342 (16.12%) Microsoft
2 98 (4.62%) Google
3 71 (3.35%) Oracle
4 49 (2.31%) Splunk
5 45 (2.12%) OpenAI
6 30 (1.41%) Dynatrace
7 28 (1.32%) Okta
8 26 (1.23%) ForgeRock
8 26 (1.23%) IBM
9 24 (1.13%) AppDynamics
10 23 (1.08%) Databricks
11 17 (0.80%) OneLogin
12 15 (0.71%) SAP
13 14 (0.66%) Adobe
13 14 (0.66%) OpenText
13 14 (0.66%) SendGrid
14 13 (0.61%) CyberArk
14 13 (0.61%) Mistral
15 12 (0.57%) Salesforce
16 10 (0.47%) NetIQ